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Comments

Very few women are rude enough to be really good feminists.

This whole *pleasing a man thing* was a red herring to begin with. You don't get very far in life at work, or in social relationships without being willing to please other people. That is how civilization functions.
Being a door mat is a whole different level of neediness, and shouldn't be confused with pleasing your boss, your family or your friends.

Feminism just gave women a license to treat men as badly as most of them were already treating other women.

Isab
at September 20, 2014 7:51 AM

Modern academic feminism is about resentment.

If you didn't get the department chair position, it must be because of the patriarchy embedded in the academy.

If your book on sexism isn't a best seller that gets you invited onto Good Morning America, it must be because of society's ingrained sexism.

If you're unhappy with your life (for whatever reason), and other people are happy with theirs, it must be because the patriarchy is holding you back.

Conan the Grammarian
at September 20, 2014 9:39 AM

I didn't get on GMA -- because my book has "f*ck" in the title. But at least it's fun!